Java FileChannel Copy copy(String sourceFile, String targetFile)

Description

Copies one file to another.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
sourceFile	a parameter
targetFile	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static void copy(String sourceFile, String targetFile) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//w  w  w.  j  ava  2 s  .c  o m
 * Created on 09/10/2003
 * YAWLEditor v1.0 
 *
 * @author Lindsay Bradford
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Copies one file to another. Note that if a file already exists with the same
     * name as <code>targetFile</code> this method will overwrite its contents.
     * @param sourceFile
     * @param targetFile
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static void copy(String sourceFile, String targetFile) throws IOException {
        FileChannel sourceChannel = new FileInputStream(sourceFile).getChannel();
        FileChannel targetChannel = new FileOutputStream(targetFile).getChannel();

        targetChannel.transferFrom(sourceChannel, 0, sourceChannel.size());

        sourceChannel.close();
        targetChannel.close();
    }
}

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7. copy12(File file1, File file2)
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